TBI Bioscan Newsletter - July 2008
Message From The Executive Director
I am now one month into the job of Executive Director of TBI and it is both an honour and a privilege. In that time, I have become actively involved in the Committees for Membership, the September 17 Membership Mix and Match, Research to Revenue, National Biotech Week, Communications, TBI Golf Tournament, the Green Tech Conference, Board of Directors, Biotechnology Accord, the C-Level Forum Review, President’s Awards Dinner and the Executive Committee. On behalf of TBI, I have been part of the opening of the new Research Innovation and Commercialization Centre in Mississauga, the new Health Technology Exchange HTX Program Offices at MaRS, the BIO Industry Conference in San Diego and have helped arrange the Beyond Moose and Mountains event for BIOTECanada.
I have had the privilege of hiring and getting to know Ali Ibrahimi, who has joined us from the Master of Biotechnology Program at University of Toronto Mississauga as the Manager of Communications and Membership. He and I have moved the TBI office to its new location in the Heritage Building at MaRS, have set up new email addresses, phone and fax numbers, business cards, letterhead and are completing the new individual and corporate membership forms. We have also helped make changes in the TBI web site so you can now see the corporate affiliations of all our members at http://www.ontbi.org/Members .
The role for Ali and I now is to develop new members both individual and corporate, and to bring back many of the former members of TBI who no longer participate. We plan to grow and improve the content of some of the events of the TBI, to make all of them more inclusive and to start to take on events across the Province. We are already starting to distribute the e-Bioscan Newsletter to a wide readership across Ontario, Ali will soon be able to put up on the web site an ever-growing data-base of Ontario life science companies, we are working on a members’ site where TBI members can communicate with each other and the new job site that is being prepared by Bonnie Kuehl.
Although I have been involved with the TBI for ten years, looking at it from this new perspective what impresses me most is the strength, dedication, wisdom and tenacity of the volunteers and Chairs of the TBI Committees. These are busy people who give their very valuable time to organize, contribute and assist their projects and bring them to fruition. The other very impressive aspect of TBI is the strength of the new Board of Directors and their desire to transform the TBI from a small, locally focused group into a large, inclusive organization with members from across the Province and across the life science spectrum. I believe that the TBI has the potential to be the greatest life science organization in Canada and one of the leading member organizations in the world of biotech. I hope that I can help it reach this goal.
Regards,
Michael Stinson
Executive Director, TBI
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Reflections on BIO 2008
Although it is now massive in size, the BIO Industry Conference is still a great forum for getting a lot of business contacts in a short period of time.
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Up Coming Events
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Connect And Join The Fun
The 2008 TBI Golf Classic
Copper Creek Golf Club August 12 You are invited to join us at the 8th annual TBI Golf Classic. For the registration form click here |
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The Biotechnology Initiative 'Mix and Match' Event
Hosted by AstraZeneca. This evening event will provide an opportunity for people from a variety of organizations and disciplines within the life sciences industry to informally connect and network.
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News
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The Biotechnology Initiative closes another successful breakfast series season
The popular Members Marathon breakfast meeting in June provided an opportunity for six member companies to tell their successful business stories. Attendance at morning meeting was high, with more than 90 attendees, a very high turnout considering that many TBI members and board members were away at BIO in San Diego, CA.
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TBI Pub Night
On May 8 members of The Biotechnology Initiative and friends got together to finish off BioFinance in fine style gathering at the Mill Street Brewpub in Toronto for TBI pub night.
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Biophotonics: shining a light on dentistry
For people that dread going to the dentist, the May 15 TBI (The Biotechnology Initiative) breakfast meeting was quite the treat.
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Save The Date
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TBI September Breakfast
Network Breakfast Meeting
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September 19 2008 National Biotechnology Week 2008 - Sept. 19-26
Events are taking place across Canada throughout the fifth annual NBW, a week in celebration of biotechnology excellence in Canada. Visit www.imagenenation.ca for a full national calendar of events.
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Industry Events
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ARCHITECTS OF ALLIANCES 2008 - Fundamentals of North American Healthcare Licensing
Issues and Opportunities in Due Diligence Reviews: A Business Development Course
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Click here to view more events
www.ontbi.org/Events
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